Shoe-polish container and holder



L. J. NELSON. SHOE POLISH CONTAINER AND HOLDER. APPLICATION HLED MAR. 2. \920.

1,402,94 Patented Jan. 10,1922.

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LEONJ. NELSON; OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN A. METGALF, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SHOE-POLISH CONTAINER AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented an. it), 1922.

Application filed March, 2, 1920. Serial No. 362,734.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON J. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angcles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polish Containers and Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to containers for shoe polish and the like, wherein it is desirable that the material be normally excluded from air and the container readily openable to make the contents thereof accessible. It is the object of my invention to provide a device especially adaptedfor holding boxes of shoe polish, and to eiiectin connection therewith the following desirable results: (a) to enable opening and closing of the container and the-removal 'ofportions of the polish upon a dauber, without soiling of the hands; (6) to eiiectually exclude air. from; the container and thus prevent drying or hardening of the polish; (0) to provide means within the container for replenishing the moistening or softening ingredient of the polish and to thus maintain the same in proper condition for use; and (d) to en able the polish to be packed and sold in paper or like containers of less expensive construction than the sheet metal boxes now commonly employed for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a side view of a device embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the container when opened, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the same. i

In the illustrated construction I provide a cylindrical box or holder comprising a body portion 5, and a cover 6 of slightly larger diameter than the body 5, whereby the annular flange of the cover will fit loosely around the sides of the body. The parts 5 and 6 may be drawn up from sheet metal, so that each will be an integral piece of material, and the corners slightly rounded, as shown. To the body 5 there is fixedly secured a handle-member 7 which comprises a flat strip of metal extending slightly beyond the box at one side, and at the other side extending out approximately one and one-half times the diameter of the box. For convenience of description the short protruding end of the handle-member will be termed the rear, and the longer end will. be termed the front thereof. it handle-member 8 is fixedly secured to the cover 6, the rear end of said member'extending beyond the cover similarly to the corresponding portion of the member-7, and at the front side of the cover said handle-member 8 being bent downwardly and then extending forwardly parallel with the front portion of the member 7, but slightly spaced therefrom. The rear ends of the members 7 and 8 have curled portions 9 and 10, respectively, which pivotally embrace the lower and upper portions of a rectangular loop or pivot-link 11, whereby the parts, are loosely pivoted to each other, to enable the necessary relative movements thereof in opening and closing the holder. The frontportion of the handle-member 8 is shorter than the tront portion of the member 7 which thus projects beyond the end of the former when the holder or container is in the normal. or closed position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extreme. front end '12 of the member 8 is turned slightly upward, as shown, and upon the front portion of the member -7 there is slidably disposed. a. rectangular link 13 which may he slipped over the upturned end 12, as shown in Fig. 1, by slightly springing the ends of the handles toward each other. The link 13 is prevented from slipping oh the handle-member 7 by means of a transverse pin 14: held by a curled portion 14; at the end of the handle, the length of said pin being slightly greater than the inside dimension of the link.

Within the body 5 of the box or holder there is disposed an annular gasket or packing ring 15 of rubber or like resilient material, which is of such height as to extend above the upper edge of the annular sidewall of the body, and to be engaged and slightly compressed by the cover 6 when the latter is held in the normal closed position shown in Fig. l. The inside diameter of the packing-ring is such that a box or'container 16, in which theshoe polish is packed and sold, will fit removably within the ring, the upper edge of the box 16 being at approximately the same height as the upper edge of the holder-body 5, whereby the packingring will extend slightly above both of said parts, as shown in Fig. 4:. On the inner side of the cover (Sthere is secured a pad or disk 17 of porous absorbent material, such as felt, which may be moistened with a suitable liqpackage or container.

vent drying or hardening of the polish, While the latter maybe softened and rendered fit for use by applying a suitable liquid to the pad 17 even if the polish When first placed in the holder should be harder than desired. It will be understood that the lid of the box or container'lfi in which the polish is sold, is removed and discarded Whenthe box is placed in the holder. 'The provision of the noistening padlT enables the polish to be originally packed and sold in boxes of paper or other inexpensive material, instead of the sheet-metal boxes ordinarily used for this purpose, as the polish may readily be rendered usable even if it should become dry and caked in the original In addition to the economic advantages above mentioned; the greatest convenience ofmy holder results from the ease and facility with hichthe polish may be dispensed therefrom. After slipping the link 13 off the upturned end 12 of the handle-member 8, the body and cover i ioaeas of the holder maybe swung about the axes of the curled end-portions 9 and 10, to the reversed or open position shown in Fig. 4c, and thus held with one hand, or the device laid upon a flat surface, While the polish is removed upon a dauber of the usual form. It will thus be seen that in opening and closing the holder, or in removing the polish upon the dauber, it ,is unnecessary to touch any part of the holder except the front portions of the handle-members, and there is thus no necessity for soiling the hands or getting of thepolish upon anything other than desired.

Now, having described -my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure-by Let ters Patent is: V r

l. A shoe-polish holder, comprising a box-body and cover, handles afiixed to said body and cover extending therefrom in proximity to each other, 'means pivotally connecting said handles at one end, means detachably connecting the same at the other end, and a resilient ring disposed Within the box-body and adapted to be compressed by closing of the cover and to substantially seal the enclosed space.

2. A shoe-polishholder, comprising a pair of mating box-members having i attached handles, packing means for sealing a space Within the box upon closing thereof, releasable means. connecting the handles for holdinglthe box closed, and'a inoistening pad afiixed to one of the members Within the en closable space.

LEON J. NELSON. 

